Descriptions

The Basic Proto Cape is designed to break out 26 signals from the expansion headers of the BeagleBone Black including GPIO, I2C, SPI, UART, PWM, analog inputs, +5V, +3V3, and +1.8V (analog). These signals can be accessed via a 26-pin male header.

Revision Changes

Revision A1

Initial release of Basic Proto Cape.

Software Support & Compatibility

All revisions are compatible with BeagleBone and BeagleBone Black.

There is a device tree overlay associated with this cape and can be loaded by follow:

echo "cape-bone-proto" > /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*/slots

To have the device tree file loaded on startup:

sudo sh -c "echo CAPE=cape-bone-proto >> /etc/default/capemgr"

Then reboot the system.

Specifications

Followings are some specifications of the Basic Proto Cape:

Mechanical Specifications

Size

2.15" x 2.825"

Layers

2

PCB Thickness

.062"

RoHS Compliant

Yes

Signal Usage

Signals That Are Broken Out

Power

VDD_5V

VDD_3V3EXP

GND

SPI

SPI0_CS0

SPI0_D1

SPI0_D0

SPI0_SCLK

I2C

I2C2_SCL

I2C2_SDA

Analog Input

VDD_ADC (+1.8V)

AIN6

AIN5

AIN4

GNDA_ADC

UART

UART1_TXD

UART1_RXD

PWM

EHRPWM1A

EHRPWM1B

ECAPPWM0

GPIO

GPIO1_16

GPIO2_2

GPIO2_3

GPIO2_4

GPIO2_5

GPIO0_22

Distributors

Please visit Where To Buy for a list of distributors who carry BeagleBoardToys' capes.